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Tamamuri is a very common and well-respected remedy for rheumatism and arthritis throughout the Amazon and in traditional medicine systems in South America.* It is also a very common remedy for syphilis, which is how it earned one of its common names, "vegetable mercury." Mercury was the leading treatment for syphilis in the late 1800s and early 1900s. . . and before we knew any better!* For more information about tamamuri (Brosimum acutifolium), please refer to the Database File for Tamamuri in the Tropical Plant Database. More information can also be found in the new Antimicrobial Guide. To see pictures of tamamuri, click here.

Antimicrobial Actions:Researchers at Cornell University reported that tamamuri bark showed in vitro antibacterial actions against Bacillus and Staphylococcus in research published in 2002. This same study reported that it was also active against Helicobacter pylori as well as Candida albicans which confirms two other traditional uses of the bark: for gastric ulcers and yeast infections. They also reported that it was active against a common strain of skin fungus.Correia, A., et al. "Amazonian plant crude extract screening for activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria."
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2008 Nov-Dec;12(6):369-80.
Herforth, A., et al. "Amazonian Women's Medicine: Treatments for Mycoses." Poster: Society for Economic Botany 2002 vol 56(4).
Herforth, A., et al. " Antifungal plants of the Peruvian Amazon: A survey of ethnomedical uses and biological activity." Cornel University Publication 2002

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